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Table 1 Descriptives of the participants

From: “Pedagogical tweeting” in higher education: boon or bane?

 

Pilot: Academic year: 2015–2016

Iteration: Academic year: 2016–2017

Number of participants

59 students (including 5 dropouts)

58 students (including 1 dropout)

Mean age

22 years (SD = 4.38) (min. 20, max. 51 years old)

22 years (SD = 3.46) (min. 20, max. 44 years old)

Gender

91.5% female students (n = 54), and 8.5% male students (n = 5)

84.2% female students (n = 48), and 15.8% male students (n = 9)

Background

42.4% regular students (n = 25), 57.6% professional bachelor background (n = 34)*

38.6% regular students (n = 22), 61.4% professional bachelor background (n = 35)*

  1. *Regular students started at university immediately after their secondary education program. Students with a professional bachelor background can also enter the university program after completing a preparatory course